Cisco VXI vs Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) comparison

"The solution has been doing a good job for us."

"The initial setup of Cisco VXI is straightforward."

"Security is a shining point of the Citrix Workspace."

"The basic virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) feature is most valuable. We were lucky to have it in place when the pandemic hit. It is used very heavily now."

"The user experience when using the solution's technology remotely is definitely superior to our VPN and/or Windows Remote Desktop. It's a much better user experience for those folks."

"My focus has primarily been on publishing virtual applications."

"Go for this product without any thinking."

"It has very good performance in delivering 3D applications over WAN."

"We've been able to scale the environment quite nicely by using the Citrix Remote PC. I can't say enough about that. And because that relies on utilizing your existing hardware resources, and making those available as a part of your Citrix farm — with a second level of authentication and security pieces around it — we added some 4,000 workstations without an additional overhead or cost."

"It virtualizes the application on your desktop."

"When using Cisco VXI in virtual environments there tends to be a lot of bugs with files you have to deploy across the virtual environment. You configure for hours, and then there is a bug that stops you, and you notice that you wasted hours."

"When using Cisco VXI in virtual environments there tends to be a lot of bugs with files you have to deploy across the virtual environment."

"The product’s customization feature needs improvement."

"They can simplify the process of printers. Printers were quite a difficult issue. It took us a long time to iron this issue out. We have the most simple use case where people connect from home to either a virtual machine or their physical desktop. We tried more complex solutions like Machine Creation Services, and they were more overhead than they were worth for us. I found them difficult to work with and confusing, and they were not worth the work for us."

"The studio is very slow."

"Dependency on server virtualization after v7.x is an issue which I encountered in small environments."

"Performance could be better if there was a low latency improvement."

"Beware! It is expensive."

"If anything could be improved, it might be some of the Director functionality, and some of the dashboard customization, or the overall Director customization."

"The initial setup of Citrix Workspace is a bit of a complex process, which should be made easier in the future."

"It is an expensive solution when there are bugs. I'm always ready to give money for a complete solution where there are no bugs in it, but you will never find it."

"I think it is a little high priced."

"It's costly in the market. But it is not expensive for the company. For the company, it's relatively inexpensive because the core of the work is compensated with the price."

"In terms of pricing with the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, I think it has gotten better over the years. Citrix has found more dynamic ways to be able to revive licensing models that fit many different scenarios that organizations have. We have been able to evolve our own licensing over the years to accommodate our situations between concurrent versus user device licenses. Now, when we move into the Citrix Workspace realm, we definitely have some awesome options there."

"The solution is affordable."

"The solution is expensive and I give the cost a four out of ten."

"If one is a high price and ten is a low price, I rate the tool's price a three."

"We have more than a million seats under management so we get the best price."

"We're paying for a standard license and, in my view, the price is too high. I would be satisfied with it if it were reduced by about 20-30%. Right now, I would rate the pricing a five out of ten."